In 1943, Esther Bubley traveled to Washington D.C. to photograph students at Woodrow Wilson High School. Spending a couple days at the school in October 1943, she crafted a story in which life is again simple and young men fight other football players, and not other soldiers.

Just after her second child was born in 2012, Anna Eftimie opened the doors of her small business, Cute Moments Photography. Much of her work is creative, but we were especially impressed with her ‘Blackboard Adventures’ series. We asked her a few questions about the creative process behind this original series.

Nicolas Reusens is a nature and macro photographer based in Madrid, Spain, who has traveled the world to photograph ‘weird and wonderful creatures.’ We asked him about his experiences as a nature photographer and his techniques for photographing exotic frogs.

From far away, it looks like it could be a mirage just out of reach, set against a background of endless sand and sea. And although that mirage looks like a fairy tale castle, Saint Michel is actually an abbey surrounded by a small town, all on a rock less than one kilometer across.

Monika Koclajda is a Polish portrait photographer and mother of two lovely daughters, a combination that has inspired her talent and passion for children’s portraiture. Each of her portraits could be part of a long narrative about childhood, full of curiosity, little adventures and moments of discovery.

Megan van der Elst is a young Dutch photographer whose pet guinea pet, Booboo, has become the star model of her photos. ‘I love to take pictures of her!’ she writes. ‘She’s the perfect model, cooperative, versatile and very relaxed!’

There have been eight Landsats since 1972, and their purpose from the beginning was to take photographs of the earth. And by photographing the same place over 40 years, these photos give amazing insights into things like soil erosion, the effects of natural disasters, and the migration of penguin colonies.

Kickstarter is an awesome crowdsourcing site to find new inventions, gear and inspiring work by other photographers. Among this month’s picks there are a cool bag, a 360 degree camera, a lens cap holder, innovative camera straps and a project about empowering women.

Dor Kedmi was at home studying for a test when he heard on the news that there was a big fire in Jerusalem. “I jumped from the chair, took my equipment and drove as fast as I could to the spot.” We asked him some questions about his shoot.